Month: April 2012

[17:30 This post has been edited slightly since a number of errors of fact and thought were pointed out to me.] Ever since the coup in Mali a few weeks ago I’ve been waiting for my thoughts to crystallise into something coherent that I could post. As it is, things have changed a little and now I suddenly have far too much to say. The initial Communist President of Mali, Modibo Keïta, was overthrown in 1968 by a military coup headed by Moussa Traoré. Traoré then stayed in charge, consolidating power around himself while the economy collapsed in slow motion. … Continue reading In which Nauru and Tuvalu are the most moral nations in the world